Chelsea and Arsenal are among the teams in the chasing pack and both slipped up and dropped points, while Spurs and Liverpool won, leaving the top four separated by just five points – the gap from first to fourth was 11 points after 12 games last season.

Charlie Austin was incensed at the lack of protections that the referees are given by the systems provided by the associations, PARKLIFE!

We cover the shocks in the FA Cup first round, and Rangers scoring 7 against Motherwell, before turning our eyes to Europe. Archie Rhind-Tutt joins us on the line to talk Der Klassiker, Sid Lowe brings us news of a rare Barcelona home defeat and Paolo Bandini gives us his roundup of the weekend’s Serie A action.